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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 01/03/2013 07:15 PM, Bob Toxen
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<pre wrap="">Forbes Magazine article calls Micro$oft:
"A failing giant that only survives by charging prices that 'bleed
customers dry'"
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-called-failing-giant-only-survives-charging-prices-151012820.html">http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-called-failing-giant-only-survives-charging-prices-151012820.html</a></pre>
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Running down the original article<br>
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href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerkay/2013/01/02/microsoft-is-fast-turning-into-a-sideshow/">http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerkay/2013/01/02/microsoft-is-fast-turning-into-a-sideshow/</a>
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he references a very scathing You-Tube video about Windows 8 by
Brian Boyko (its about 24 minutes)<br>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTYet-qf1jo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTYet-qf1jo</a>
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The video's main theme is that M$ broke the 4 basic rules for a good
UI design without any valid reason. This gives a very poor user
overall experience because it frustrates users. He actually stated
that as UI a command line was superior because it obeys 2 of the
rules. <br>
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Back to the article, apparently M$ has many serious internal
problems and once people start migrating away from M$ they could be
in very serious financial trouble. Apparently many of their products
try to force a vendor lock and once people find other solutions they
lose the vendor lock in. The article appears to reference Linux in
that he referred to alternates to Windows that were cheaper.<br>
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